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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-21
TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.
FIGHTING AMONG RAILROAD

FIGHTING AMONG RAILROAD HANDS.
LYscHBURG Va, Sept 2OAn hdpanee dispstch rom I'M
casle Va general tight took place anopg atso
Wilton Botetourt County, yes
terday In which wounded and one man. nsmeu
will die. The origin OF the diculty IA unKnowh
ATTACHING A SHIP FOR $3.50
PHuApxfPHA Sept. 20 (Speeal-United States Mnrshai
Dill upon the complaint Of Dana Co. OF New.fork, At
tacRed the ship Germanc lying AZ this pert TINS morning IN
an action $3.50 damages for the alleged unatsac'oy
carrying contract for the and delivery OF
cargo OF !. 800 tons OF old rails
STARTING OUT TO ARREST INDIANS.
FLoRENcK Ari Sept 20-San Carlos Reservation author
es refused to AID In the arrest oil tue
indiana who are horse stealing and killing cattle
because they Indians shern far has
summoped forty armed men and started Tor ran
Pedro River lie will reach the kskiminzius camp tomoro"
morning and make the arrests. even hght ensues
ACKNOWLEDGED HIS CRIME ~ COURT
CHICAGO Sept 20 John j. Love- the dock superintendent
and book of the Delaware and hudson canal com
many this morning that lie had en-
ezzled $4,000 from the company ana was SEN
fenced and half years In the penicntay NJ hAra
ibor. -
ASSAULTED IN HIS BEDROOM BY A BURGLAR
PITTsBuRG Sept 2o-S. p Sawyer. retired merchant
and formerly editor OF The Psburg Republic was mutuer
assaulted o'clock this morning Dy snpposea
barssE Mr. sawyer lives the Morning side roaa isw
menttopsd by terrible blow the back o. the head ana
umpIng up tall who bsd hn ace covered
with mask Grappled with tho WOULD De assas
ain and cried In the struggle no Was pAinuny
Injured bat the hoase hearing the noise came 70
the resc no frightened on Nj sawyM 49,
badly cpt and bruised but his injuries are not ssou
nature
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nrur,prp ON grs1 LOAD oFLuMBER.

wuKrsnARRE Sept. 20 (Speeiab. George Davis, q
WEALTHY farmer living four miles from West Nan
coke left Nanticoke about dark last evening
with wagon drawn by two horses and lCsd'd with nm
ber Shortly after midnight his wife was aroused from
sleep BY the noise OF tho entering the yard IN
front of the house expected to hear her husband
moving about but heard nothing. sue TOOK iAp'ern
ana r.nt On, she found tho horses and wagon
,.rd,,g NV the harm and when she drew she saw
the heades, body of her husband lying on the lumber
Ths exsot Nor In which he met his death osnnot pc
iod but IL IA believed that failing asleep on tne roau'
law down with his head hanging over the edee OF .o
lumber In making turn the horses mus. % navo
the whsel srou nd and caught his neck between
he wheei and the umoor ompntey severinS ne neSa
from ths body About two miles from tho mousse 'oe
head was found. .i--
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-21
THE DOMINION HEARS FROM IT'S AGENT.

OTTAWA. Sept 20 tSpeefat,-The statement of secre-
tary Baysrd In reference to the release Of Canadian
sealers seized In Behrng Sea last year has created
considerable astonishment In Official r-clef here on
February last Mr. Bayard informed tn British Min
ister that instructions had been given 10 release the
seized vessels With this statement before them the
Canadian Government could not understand why tho
release Of the vessels has mover taken place An ex
PLANTATION was forthcoming however, by the receipt
within the last few days Of letter from agents oi inc
nenax u,ent of Justice at Victoria dated September
In which they says
1--WE have the honor TO inform you that we are In
reosipt Of letter from one Mr. Dcrshe' wnusn Hom %
stka unr date Of August 9 In which no states that
q telegram was received at sitka relative 70 the
senSoner ssSs Gaiand, directing their
rciease and tho discharge Of tho men men,
The Judge gave an order accordingly ~Mch
rsS sfterWsrd rescmded on the assumption that the
telegram forgery No oniol .,,na letter Of any any
sort either confirming the telegram or respecting inc
Mr Desake Is leading lawyer and Queens Coun-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-21
COLONEL HuoHrsHAL1Errs REPLY.
lBY CABLE TO TIE TRIBUSk]
Copwrighf: 1887: The Netc- York Tribune.

LONDON, Sept 20-" The Pail Mall Gazette" pub
ashHs t details OF the scandal In which Colonel Hughes
aas (Oonservatvs) Member Of Parliament for Roches
~, involved with hh stepdsughter. THE Gazette"
sas thss the Colonel viii resign his seat In the House
q Commons and the Government Of attempting 70
~Assswash him. Colonel Hughes Hasss replies a. iof
lowSs
Ths statements Of Tho Pail Mall Gazette are grossly
untrue have had any lasons with any sseR p,
&rnH1eog q mine. repudiate the charge The feI
Nal 0asette has outraged the name OF young LADY not
~ ooeprdauahBs. who Il relation or connection OF
- Nd 70 whom have never stood IN ioao nAssntis'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-21
pypr11ryG CONVICTED BOODLERs.

CHICAGO Sept 90 Tho convicted boodlers, Warden
varneu of the Cook County Insane Asylum, and ex-
Commissioner Van Pet OF the County Board are bsoked
for expulson from the Masonic order Varne s nein
her M the National Lodge The Chicago Commandery
and tho Lincoln Park Lodge last night began definite
action on his case and 1t will probably bc settled In
ahont two weeks The Jerseyvle Lodge, Of which Van
Pelt is member has proceedings well under way. the
ayowe ed int on being rid tho roster OF his name
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-21

Regarding the money part OF the question Miss Selwyn
some time ago asked TO try 70 get her better interest
On 20 OOohan she then getting She covensned by
decd In my possession 10 lend the money for hvc years
Some weeks her solicitors suddenly called this money
ill., Within twenty four hours the principal with interest,"
itors.
Colonel Hughes Haett does explain that the mother
OF Miss Selwyn the first Lady Selwyn whereas the
late wife OF Colonel HughesHaett the second Lady
sewyn, who became widow Ave months after marrying
Justice Selwyn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-21
A plrrsBuRa VIEW OF The NEw.YORK MARKE
THEY ALL WANT TO BE NATURALIzED

CHICAGO Sept 20-rho committee which was ap-
nonted some two weeks ago for the furtheance Of the
Of English subjects resident In Chicago re-
ports favorable progress Nine societies eight Knghts
of st. George lodges and the st. Georges Benevolent 80
csty have signied their intention Of cooperating In
,h. .rh.ct The only rem lodge meets Wednes-
dav evening and will undoubtedly tender its AID gen
ers meeting of all the organizations win be called snost'
iv when arranssmeats win be made for the rst mass.
esting and Invitations sent 10 Scotch. Welsh and Cans
dian organisations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-21
ARTTLLERYMEN CREATE A RIOT.

LONDON, Sept. 20-The artlerymen stationed at
Hsa India, being ordered to prepare to move abroad,
went on q riot, and after wreching tho canteen or
suffers shop, went about smashing windows and
spreading terror among the Inhabitants of the town.
During the melee many soldiers and citizens
seriously injured Twenty Of the artilerymen were
placed under arrest.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-21
ARREST OF sCHNAEBELEs's SON.

METZ. Sept 2O-A son Of NJ schnaebeles, the
French commissary who was arrested at Pagny-sur-
Moselle last April has been arrested and Imprisoned
by the German authorities for crossing tho frontier
near Cheminot and afxing trcasonablo placaId,
bearing the tricolor OF France upon tree by tho
roadside. Young Schnaebeles 10 sixteen years old
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-21

sellor Of British Columbia, and was sent to Alaska
as q representative of the Dominion Government To
be present at The trial Of the seaers captured this year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-21
AN EXTRA SESSION EXPECTED.

w.suxaroy. Sent 20 (Speciab.-Representative WIZ
kins OF Ohio, who has Just come from New-fork' IN
formed reporter last night that IL Is generay eS
pected in financial circles that the President Will call an
ro sess,on Of Congress TO early in November. to
take some steps to release the Treasury surplus and pre-
vent financial panic, and he OF opinion hmsef that
1t ought to he done and will be done
The manic" said he, is not only impending, but it
has already begun Stocks went down several points all
round to-day Money Is scarce Brokers can borrow
money only on CALL They want 1t on time and they cant
cot it. All the Treasury do in the way OF redeeming
and buying bonds and anticipating the payment OF Inter
cat will not be sufficient TO relieve the market and the
ceaty of the Treasury action in the matter OF buying
bonds Is questionable. II Congress Is not called In
specia session there will be waste OF time for the rst
month or six weeks nothing Will be done BUT III tne
Presdent calls extra session TO meet In November
for purpose Of recSens the f nrpency ts
that subject on their minds and there will be Immediate
action stand just where did before on ,f t ,o ,,t Mi
hut not the finer sorts Salt is Of the principal In,
dustres but viii sgfee TO put . session Is called
com prehensve bill Of reform VIII Dc passed ana
the threatened panic will be averted
A p,TrsBURG VIEW OF THE NEw-YORK MARKET
Pr1rsBURG Sept 20 tSpecab.-This evenings
Chronicle Telegraph in its financial columns Says Tho
condition of the money market In New-York Is not
so desperate as the bears would have US believe Mcn
and banks In Pttsburg having largo and ntmae rcia
tions with that city and who are occasional or frequent
borrowers tell us that they had no difficulty In getting
all the money they needed there and that rates nave
not been advanced them In this connection an IN,
d.pt that occurred within tho last ve days VIII DC Oh
inisre.t The time look the vault OF one Of our
large banks became deranged and the money could NOT
~. sos a In order that business might not DO inter
rIntsd the officers OF the bank asked NewforK inst-
tions Tor temporary assistance Offering 70 put up ss
",terai GOOD business paper and informed that
thew could have all the money they needed Our own
munsy market Is working close put u oy no moam LEANS
sringcnt I may be difficult TO negotiate lsrse loans
on collateral but all tho legitimate business paper
offered Is taken ut the established rates Oh dseoun@
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-21
scuo, .ps nv THE WAR ships.

eCHOLARs ON THE WAX sb!fe
Sept 20 tspecaihIne puos .. t1
Tsstrsn srLao we're board the sever sosso.s
Of tbe Sorih Atlantic BqnsaTsu this Afternoon 10" 'ne Pa
sose Of gtving Them view O
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-21

GOV FORAKER HAROHES WITH HIS REGIMENT
CiscrSSArI, Sept 20--0overnor Foraker went to
Georgetown Ohio. to-day 70 attend reunion OF his rss
meu the soth Ohio He arrived ct noon. and was met
ar tina statIon by the members Of the command. band
apd large gathering Of cirisenA carriage was pro-
vded for hi he declined IT, and marched wth ne
veterans TO the place Of meeting. iss
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-21
STRAW BoyDsxgY FOR CHINEsE WOMEN

SAN Francisco, Sept 90 tSpeciaD.-A bombshe was
cast into the camp Of the Chinese engaged In bringing
over coolies on certificates when Beo
was called to-day testify the necessity OF new bonds
In number Of of vomen who have secured virus
a, haheas cornu. 70 land Consul declared that the
had found GOOD evidence that Chinese syndi
cate exstsd tn Chinatown for furnishing straw bonds
men to get women iuto this country; An unusual unm,
over seore are waiting to get through In the same
way These are all young and eood-iookne. ana
Va yva,,sd Ar 81 900 each Judge Hoffman appointed
as the day the investigation Of thesc bondsmen
IL ;s expected that gross frauds VIII be disclosed
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-09
The Treasury Surplus.

The statement is made in the dispatches
that as soon as the President returns from
his fishing excursion he viii have confer
ence with DIR. Carlisle and the Secretary of
the Treasury on the question of the advisa-
bility of calling an extra session of Con
gress. OF course the main argument for an
extra session is the necessity for making
provision for getting rid Of the surplus in
the Treasury
In an interview day or two ago the Sec
rotary said that he had authority to antici-
pate the payment of interest on bonds or to
60 into the market and buy bonds. He did
not propose to buy bonds, he said, because
II ne should attempt 70 do anything OF that
kind the price of them would at once be ad-
vanced, although it is remarkably high
now 1t is probable, however, that he will
offer to pay interest before it becomes due,
and if the bondholders will accept it about
$40, 000, 600 Of the surplus can be got rid of
in that way before the meeting of Congress
in regular session.
All the per cents. have been called and
will be paid by July l. No other bonds will
mature before 1891, and cannot be paid be
fore that date unless they are purchased at
the market price. If the bondholders will
cooperate with the Treasury Department,
and accept interest before it is due, enough
Of the surplus can be distributed to prevent
disturbances in monetary affairs and thus
make an extra session of Congress unneces-
sary. The Secretary, however, leaves the
| inference TO be drawn that an extra session
viii be necessary unless some of the surplus
| can be distributed in the way he mentions
One of the reasons against an extra session
IS the belief that Congress would not do
J much until after the holidays if it were
called together in October. \ great many
OF the members would find excuses for re
naming away, and others would not leave
their homes until after the October cleo
! tons. Doubtless the Secretary of the Treas
ury will be able to state more definitely
| within month or 50 what the chances of
the interest being accepted in advance are.
Even if the interest is anticipated the actual
surplus viii be over $120, 90 after its
| payment. After Dec. the accumulation
in the Treasury Of the currency of the
country above the wants of the govern
ment will be about sl5, 900, 900 month 1t
will be necessary for Congress to act
promptly if it does not meet before the
regular session.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-09
The Race Problem.

Within the last few years the race prob
lem in this country has grown steadily in in
terest. II is being discussed by writer's of
ability, both at the North and at the South,
but thus far very little light has been thrown
upon it, mainly because there is no reliable
information of a general character with I'e-
gard to it. The last census gives the number
of whites and blacks, and also of Irish, Ger
mans, Italians, French, ETC., but it does not
show the number of mulattoes. In the alb
sence of facts, therefore, it is but natural
that there should be a great diversity of
opinion respecting the future of the negro
in this country.
There is to be a national conference of
colored men at indianapolis very soon, at
which this race problem is to be discussed
In order to afford a basis for discussion
about 100 letters of inquiry were sent out
from Washington lately to as many men in
the Southern States, asking whether there
was an increase in the number of births of
mixed parentage. Half of the inquiries
were sent to white men and half to black
The replies furnished no reliable informa-
ton. They contained only opinions OF
the white men who answered 10 per cent.
expressed their belief that mulatto would
be rare object in a few generations; 40
per cent. thought that while the number of
births of black and white parentage was de
creasing the number of mulattoes remained
about the same, because of the preference
of colored men for mulatto wives, and 20
per cent. stated frankly that they could
not form satisfactory opinion whether the
two races were amalgamating or showing
a more marked line of separation.
The replies sent by the colored men showed
the same difference of opinion. Some said
that as the Southern towns grew the per
centage of the mulattoes increased The
general drift of the opinions of the colored
men was that the tendency of the town
negroes is TO grow lighter with every gene
ration, and of the country negroes to remain
stationary in the matter of color. A few
OF them expressed the opinion that the full
blooded African was bound to disappear in
the course of few generations, not by
reason of marriages between blacks and
whites, but because of illegitimate births
and the preference of blacks for lighter
hued wives.
In view of the interest that is being taken
in this race problem, the next census will
likely contain an enumeration Of the mu-
lattoes distinct from that of the blacks. In
that case two census enumerations will be
required for a comparison, and reliable data
on the race problem may not be reasonably
expected, therefore, until some time after
1900
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-09
Cautious to the Last.
Burdette in Brooklyn Eagle

DuFUSlte III bFOOhtyt EIyte.
When the census marshal reached the farm
house of Macanleron Dorchester, in Conestoga
county, Pa, the wary farmer met him at the
door with shotgun, and when the marshal
asked his name, one of the boys went out to the
barn and united three dogs. They chased the
marshal clear across the township, when some
neighbors headed him off and then they put
him in Jail to hold him for trial You SCI"
said Farmer Dorchester we're onto those
sharpers; they think we're fools because we
live in the country, but we're too smart for
these town swindlers You see. in 1879 there
came along fellow who played the reaping
machine commission game on me and beat me
out of $500; that made me mad. Then along in
1881, fellow from Philadelphia came out here
1855. Then the Three Horse CleviS
man came next year and he beat me
out of $50 easy enough. Then the everlasting
metallic paint man be played me for $40, and
then last year the sunrise wheat fellow got into
all of us for about $50 apiece and this year the
Bohemian oats crowd got about all the ready
money there was in the county and took notes
for the rest of it, and now this fellow he comes
along and wants TO know what my name is. but
l am too sharp for him. Oh, tell you, the Con-
estoga county boys are onto EN-; we're too
smart for these fellows" II will be apt to go
hard with the census marshal, although his
trial will not come OF for some time. as a man
has Just come into the county selling State
rights for the Pottsdam fertilizer a machine
that grinds up the hardest stones into the rich
est and cheapest fertilizer ever put on to the
ground, and all the farmers are too busily en-
gagged in securing agencies for the machine TO
attend TO court business.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-09
A GOOD ONE ON DEPEw.
His Titled Auditors Who Had to Have
Diagrams With Their Jokes.


From the Kansas City Times.
Apropos of English lack of humor, the follow
ing good story is told by Ben Butterworth on
Hon. Chauncey VI. Depew.
Depew was visiting London on one occasion.
and was entertained at dinner of the lords Of
the realm. Being called on for speech he began
by saying that he arose with much embarrasS-
ment before such a company for the reason
wrote for him the remarks be made on such
occasions was absent. He then went on TO make
the best of the situation and made what he
thought was a fairly funny speech, but not a
sign of appreciation was given, and he sat down
feeling that he had made a failure. His feeling
was verified when he heard the presiding lord
express sorrow that Mr.. Depew was deprived of
the assistance of his friend. for they had under
stood he was a capital after-dinner speaker.
Two days later he met this presiding lord, who
said:
20, Mr.. Depew. do you know that I have come
up to London expressly to say to you that did
not see the humor of your speech until the day
after the dianer | am sorry we were all so
stupid, but now we all agree that it was CAPT
tai speech, and that we wasted our sympathy in
taking your reference TO your friend Porter as
in earnest. ="
MY lord, = said Depew, "did you ride to Lon
don on freight train?''
No; oh. no. said the lord in tone of sur
prise. II came on the regular passenger train.
never ride on freights'
Four days later Mr.. Depew was astoniShed to
see this lord in Paris
Il have come" said the lord expressly TO
tell you that never saw the point of your ques-
ton about my riding to London on freight
train until the next day; why, sir, that's finer
bit of humor than the other about your friend
Porter
Mr. Depew was satisfied that to scatter humor
among the English was unsatisfactory.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-09
The Neglect Of Agriculture.

Gov Seay, Of Alabama, appears TO take
lively interest in agriculture In recent
interview on the subject he said that the ag-
ricultural districts in the South were being
neglected. the cause being the great tendency
Of negro Iaborers to seek employment in the
cities.
THE negroes" the Governor explained,
"are focking TO the city. To be sure this Is
detrimental TO themselves as well as TO agri-
cultural interests. We are trying through
the schools and otherwise to educate them
to the fact that there is a limited place for
them in the cities They ike short jobs.
They will work two days at good wages and
lie idle the balance of the week. They have
not learned the commonest rules of economy.
If they have place of shelter and meal
ahead they seem TO care nothing for the
morrow. l see but one way TO prevent the
negroes from leaving the farms, and that is
10 educate them in practical schools"
The Governor did not state the case ex-
actly as it is. 1t is true that the negroes
are not as thrifty as the whites, but IT Is not
true that they have learned nothing about
economy. In every Southern State they are
the steady increase in the taxes they pay.
Another evidence of improvement in their
condition is the fact that in the cities not so
many of them are idle as in former years.
This is a fat contradiction of the Governor,
but the careful observer will admit that the
statement is correct. The negroes have dis
covered that they must work or starve, and
the result is that they work.
There is no doubt that the farm is the
best place for the negroes, and, while it is
true that many ofShem have found homes
in the cities, the large majority of them re-
main in the country. If this were not the
case, the owners of the farms would com
plain more frequently of the scarcity of
labor
In saying, however, that the agricultural
districts were being neglected the Governor
made no mistake. The whites more than
the negroes, are to blame. The farmers in
many instances have left the farms. The
truth is. in many parts of the South,
the farms are practically in
the hands of the negroes. In the
cities and towns of Georgia may be found
many owners of farms who lease or rent
their property to negroes, or who exercise
only casual supervision over negroes hired
to make crops This system of farming at
long range IS generally responsible for poor
crops, and, what is quite as bad, for the ruin
of hundreds OF acres of good land
If agriculture is to receive proper atten-
ton the owners of farms must live upon
them and personally direct the laborers.
Farming is like any other business; it re-
quires the careful supervision of those en-
gagged in it, 1t is thus that it can be made
to pay, as has been demonstrated repeatedly
in this State
Let farmers and the sons Of farmers stay
away from the cities and towns and devote
| themselves TO their farms. There is no other
way 10 prevent the agricultural districts
from being neglected.